Something I’ll admit right off the bat: I’m not very familiar with anime.
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I mean, I’m not completely unfamiliar with it. I’ve seen and enjoyed Cowboy Bebop, Akira, the 1995 Ghost in the Shell film, and most of the works of Hayao Miyazaki, and there are shows like Revolutionary Girl Utena that are definitely on my list of shows to watch one day, but for some reason I was never able to get into it as much as my friends in high school did.
Which is why I’m surprised that I’m as taken as I am with the trailer for Alita: Battle Angel, which was directed by Robert Rodriguez, produced by James Cameron, and written by both in collaboration with Laeta Kalogridis (Shutter Island).
What caught my attention in the trailer was the use of swords, especially the one Alita wields.
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Its unique and visually striking design adds to the character’s overall “badassery”. As an anime enthusiast, it’s hard not to associate the animation and the sword with the Japanese katana.
It even makes me want to have a Mini Katana in my collection of anime merch. The sword’s fluid and precise animation is no surprise, given the incredible attention to detail that anime is renowned for. I’m intrigued to see how the swordplay will be incorporated into the film and whether it will meet the high standards set by the genre. Watch the trailer below.
Rodriguez seems to have fully committed to the anime aesthetic, or at least he has with the character of Alita, played by Rosa Salazar. The CGI’d on anime eyes seem to be putting a lot of people off, but I’m weirdly into it.
In fact, I’m into the film’s aesthetics as a whole. This is the best-looking film Rodriguez has made in ages (probably because of the absolutely massive budget he got for this), and I am into pretty much every design I’m seeing in this trailer.
However, what’s really making me excited for this film is the bleeding heart that the trailer is presenting. Literally offering her heart to her love interest is exactly the kind of incredibly blunt visual metaphor that I can get behind, and if the actual film is able to match up to it, I imagine that I’ll probably love it.
What did you all think of this trailer? Leave your thoughts in the comments below!
